The pupil is not a part. It is a hole, and the only reason it looks like a black disc is that almost nothing comes back out of it.
Light…
The usual assumption is that phantom sensations are an unusual complication affecting a minority. The figures run the other way. The great majority of people who lose a limb as…
It watched you first, and it picked you on purpose. Here are eleven.
1. There Is No Such Bird as a Seagull
The word covers several dozen distinct species with…
The Light Is Not Being Carried, It Is Trapped
The intuitive picture of a fibre optic cable is a pipe with light shining down it, kept on course by a…
The Experience Is Extraordinarily Consistent
Somebody wakes, knows exactly where they are, can see the room, and cannot move. Not weakness, not stiffness, but a complete absence of response, as…
17 Things About the Spider in the Bath, Beginning With the Fact That It Did Not Come Up the Plughole
It cannot climb out, which is the only reason it is still there. Here are seventeen.
1. It Did Not Come Up the Plughole
This is the belief everybody has…